I've sent an U2U to Essan, an expert in meteorology/clouds and stuff like that.
I've made this closeup with some corrections (not retouched, just corrected) and imho there are clues that it *may* be a lenticular cloud hit by the
sun, but i'm not sure, i'm not expert at all in stuff like this one.

I've noticed that someone (bjorn?) has already asked for a better res picture on flickr, let's wait and see

Originally posted by internos
I've sent an U2U to Essan, an expert in meteorology/clouds and stuff like that.
I've made this closeup with some corrections (not retouched, just corrected) and imho there are clues that it *may* be a lenticular cloud hit by the
sun, but i'm not sure, i'm not expert at all in stuff like this one.

I've noticed that someone (bjorn?) has already asked for a better res picture on flickr, let's wait and see

Its not a lenticular cloud. The sun is to far below the horizon to illuminate the height at which lenticular clouds occur at. The colour is also
wrong, if it were being illuminated by the sun I would expect to see red, not yellow

I dont know what it is but its not a lenticular cloud or any other meteorological phenomenen I can think of

Its not a lenticular cloud. The sun is to far below the horizon to illuminate the height at which lenticular clouds occur at. The colour is also
wrong, if it were being illuminated by the sun I would expect to see red, not yellow

I dont know what it is but its not a lenticular cloud or any other meteorological phenomenen I can think of

Thanks OzWeatherman.

I know that you're expert too on this stuff.
Another possibility that came in mind is a sunset mirage :
but i have to say that its shape seems to be too sharp: i've found nothing that shows an exact match.

I agree with Oz - definitely not a lenticular (or any other cloud) - the sun is too far below the horizon (based on the red glow in the clouds on the
horizon) and the object also looks to be in front of the natural, darker, clouds.

I do think it's almost certainly a reflected light and that the picture was taken through a window. It reminds me of the "Cairngorm UFOs" which
visit the Scottish Highlands every late autumn:

(actually a reflection of a ceiling light in the building in which the webcam that took this shot is located)

After just a brief look and examination.. I first thought that this was one of the many "reflection-UFOs" that we have seen making the rounds..

But after a small bit of filtering in Photoshop, it seems like this may be just a simple "cut-n-paste" photo. All of the photo except "the UFO"
exhibit the standard compression algorithm that most major media formats use.. But the "UFO" area exhibits a tighter grouping of pixels compared to
the rest of the photo.

I guess what truly bothers me is that this was called a "Clear" photo of a UFO. You call this clear? I'm sorry, but I have seen many more ufo
photos that were clearer than this fake or mistake. There is no detail available whatsoever and to me that is what makes for a clear shot.

Keep trying though, we love to look at ufo shots and guess if they are real or not. I tend to agree with most that this does not look real.

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